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<li><a class="xref" href="GuideIntroduction.html" title="Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindow.html" title="Main Window">Main Window</a><div class="autotoc"><ul>
<li>File Pane</li>
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<div class="body body-sidebar"><div class="division section">
<a name="GuideMainWindowFilePane"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleGuideMainWindowFilePane"></a>File Pane</span></h1></div>
<ul class="linktrail">
<li class="linktrail linktrail-first"><a class="linktrail" href="GuideIndex.html" title="The Geeqie User Manual">The Geeqie User Manual</a></li>
<li class="linktrail linktrail-last"><a class="linktrail" href="GuideMainWindow.html" title="Main Window">Main Window</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="para block block-first">The file pane displays the images contained in the active folder. It has two modes of display, allows multiple selection, and can initiate drag and drop operations.</p>
<p class="para block">
    A
    <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">context menu</span>
    can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the file pane or pressing the menu key while the file pane has the focus.
  </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
<div class="autotoc"><ul>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.1. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Listview" title="List view">List view</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.2. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Iconview" title="Icon view">Icon view</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.3. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Filefilter" title="File Filter">File Filter</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.4. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Multipleselection" title="Multiple selection">Multiple selection</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.5. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Sorting" title="Sorting">Sorting</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.6. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Contextmenu" title="Context menu">Context menu</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.7. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#DragandDrop" title="Drag and Drop">Drag and Drop</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="Listview"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.1. </span>List view</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
      This mode can be enabled by selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">List</span>
      from the
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">View</span>
      menu, pressing <span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl + L</span>, or unselecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">View as icons</span>
      from the context menu.
    </p>
<p class="para block">The list view mode displays images in a standard vertical list. Three columns provide the file name, size in bytes, and the time the contents were last modified.</p>
<p class="para block">
      Thumbnails can be displayed next to each file in the list, to toggle thumbnails on or off by selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Thumbnails</span>
      from the
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">View</span>
      menu, pressing <span class="code" dir="ltr">T</span>, clicking <img src="icon_thumb.png"> on the tool bar, or selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Show thumbnails</span>
      from the context menu.
    </p>
<p class="para block">
      <a class="link" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html" title="Files Options">Grouped sidecar files</a>
      are represented by the main file with an expander. Clicking on the expander shows sidecar files.
    </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="Iconview"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleIconview"></a><span class="label">2.1.2. </span>Icon view</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
      This mode can be enabled by selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Icons</span>
      from the View menu, pressing <span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl + I</span>, or selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">View as icons</span>
      from the context menu.
    </p>
<p class="para block">The icon view mode displays images as thumbnails in a grid, and by default a file name below each thumbnail.</p>
<p class="para block">
      The 
      file name displayed below each thumbnail can be turned on or off by selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Show filename text</span>
      from the context menu.
    </p>
<p class="para block">
      <a class="link" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html" title="Files Options">Grouped sidecar files</a>
      are represented by the main file. For accessing sidecars switch to List mode.
    </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="Filefilter"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleFilefilter"></a><span class="label">2.1.3. </span>File Filter</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
      A filter box can be opened by selecting
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Show File Filter</span>
      from the View menu.
    </p>
<p class="para block">
      Characters you type into this box will be used for pattern matching to select the files displayed.
      <a class="link" href="GuideReferencePCRE.html" title="Perl Compatible Regular Expressions">Regular expressions</a>
      are used in this field.
      <p class="para block"></p>
      For basic pattern matching "JPG" will match any filename containing those characters.
      <p class="para block"></p>
      To make a case-insensitive search, use "(?i)JPG"
      <p class="para block"></p>
      If you type a newline, the text will be saved in the dropdown box list. The last 10 items are saved.
      <p class="para block"></p>
      To delete an item, select it from the drop-down list, click on the text box to select the text, and then press
      <span class="keycap">Delete</span>
      followed by
      <span class="keycap">Enter</span>
      .
    </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="Multipleselection"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.4. </span>Multiple selection</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">It is possible to select more than one image from the file pane. Multiple files can be selected with several methods:</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
<div class="autotoc"><ul>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.4.1. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Mouse" title="Mouse">Mouse</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">2.1.4.2. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html#Keyboard" title="Keyboard">Keyboard</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="Mouse"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.4.1. </span>Mouse</span></h3></div>
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<li class="li-first">
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl</span> + Primary mouse button will add or remove the file from the selection.</span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para">Middle mouse button will toggle selection of the file.</span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Shift</span> + Primary mouse button will select all images between the clicked and focused image, or it will unselect all those images if the clicked image is already selected.</span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Shift + Ctrl</span> + Primary mouse button works as Shift + Primary mouse button, but will not change the selection of files outside the region between the focus and clicked image.</span>
        </li>
</ul></div>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="Keyboard"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.4.2. </span>Keyboard</span></h3></div>
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<li class="li-first">
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl + Arrows</span> will move the focus without changing the selection.</span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl + Space</span> will toggle selection of the focused image.</span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Shift + Arrows</span> will select a region of images.</span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para"><span class="code" dir="ltr">Shift + Ctrl + Arrows</span> works as <span class="code" dir="ltr">Shift + Arrows</span>, but will not change the selection of files outside the current focus region.</span>
        </li>
</ul></div>
<p class="para block">
        To select all files press <span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl + A</span>, or to unselect all image press <span class="code" dir="ltr">Ctrl + Shift + A</span>. These operations are also available from the
        <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Edit</span>
        menu as
        <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Select all</span>
        and
        <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Select none</span>
        .
      </p>
<p class="para block">
        The current number of selected images and their total size will be indicated in the File list section of the
        <a class="link" href="GuideMainWindowStatusBar.html" title="Status Bar">status bar</a>
        .
      </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<a name="Sorting"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.5. </span>Sorting</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">The order of the images can be changed by clicking the sort area of the status bar or from the context menu. The sort methods are by file name, number, file date, or file size. The number method will sort file names by their natural order, for example files with names of file_10, file_12, and file_9 will appear in order file_9, file_10, and file_12.</p>
<p class="para block">Selecting the ascending menu item will toggle between increasing and decreasing sort order.</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<div class="division section">
<a name="Contextmenu"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.6. </span>Context menu</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
      Right clicking the mouse or pressing the menu key while the file pane has focus will display a menu. The menu functions will perform the same as those that match the window's
      <a class="link" href="GuideMainWindowMenus.html" title="Menus">menu bar</a>
      , however a few functions are unique to the context menu:
    </p>
<div class="block list variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt class="term dt-first">
          <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">View in new window</span>
        </dt>
<dd>
          <p class="para block block-first">Opens a new window containing a list of the currently selected images.</p>
        </dd>
<dt class="term">
          <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Sort</span>
        </dt>
<dd>
          <p class="para block block-first">Changes the sort order of file pane.</p>
        </dd>
<dt class="term">
          <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">View as icons</span>
        </dt>
<dd>
          <p class="para block block-first">Toggles between the list and icon view modes.</p>
        </dd>
<dt class="term">
          <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Show thumbnails</span>
        </dt>
<dd>
          <p class="para block block-first">Toggles display of thumbnails in the list view display mode.</p>
        </dd>
<dt class="term">
          <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Show filename text</span>
        </dt>
<dd>
          <p class="para block block-first">Toggles display of file names in the icon view display mode.</p>
        </dd>
<dt class="term">
          <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Show star rating</span>
        </dt>
<dd>
          <p class="para block block-first">Toggles display of the "star rating" (Xmp.xmp.Rating).</p>
        </dd>
</dl></div>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<div class="division section">
<a name="DragandDrop"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.1.7. </span>Drag and Drop</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">Drag and drop can be initialized with the primary or middle mouse buttons in the file pane. Dragging a file that is selected will include all selected files in the drag. Dragging a file that is not selected will first change the selection to the dragged file, and clear the previous selection.</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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